CVE-2024-2182: Ovn: insufficient validation of bfd packets may lead to denial of service

Description

A flaw was found in the Open Virtual Network (OVN). In OVN clusters where BFD is used between hypervisors for high availability, an attacker can inject specially crafted BFD packets from inside unprivileged workloads, including virtual machines or containers, that can trigger a denial of service.

Classification

CVE ID: CVE-2024-2182

Problem Types

Origin Validation Error

Affected Products

Vendor: , Red Hat

Product: , Fast Datapath for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8, Fast Datapath for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8, Fast Datapath for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8, Fast Datapath for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8, Fast Datapath for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8, Fast Datapath for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9, Fast Datapath for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9, Fast Datapath for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9, Fast Datapath for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9, Fast Datapath for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9, Fast Datapath for RHEL 7, Fast Datapath for RHEL 7, Fast Datapath for RHEL 7, Fast Datapath for RHEL 8, Fast Datapath for RHEL 8, Fast Datapath for RHEL 8, Fast Datapath for RHEL 8, Fast Datapath for RHEL 8, Fast Datapath for RHEL 9, Fast Datapath for RHEL 9, Fast Datapath for RHEL 9

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

EPSS Score: 0.36% (probability of being exploited)

EPSS Percentile: 57.07% (scored less or equal to compared to others)

EPSS Date: 2025-04-21 (when was this score calculated)

Stakeholder-Specific Vulnerability Categorization (SSVC)

SSVC Exploitation: none

SSVC Technical Impact: partial

SSVC Automatable: false

References

Timeline

2025-04-15 16:40:22 UTC
CVE

Ovn: insufficient validation of bfd packets may lead to denial of service